The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has indicated that the legal team behind the application to halt proceedings for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo will await the full reasoning of the Supreme Court before deciding on their next steps.

Speaking to the media shortly after the ruling on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, he noted that the Supreme Court’s decision does not mark the end of the legal process.

“The Supreme Court has spoken, and on May 21, we will get the details of the reasoning behind the ruling. From there, we will decide the next course of action."

“The 3–2 ruling suggests that the Supreme Court itself saw some merit in the arguments we presented. It tells you that our argument was quite potent. Let’s wait for the reasoning, and after assessing it, we’ll decide what to do next,” he added.

Vincent Assafuah filed a motion at the Supreme Court seeking to halt the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo by President John Dramani Mahama.

Through his lawyers, Assafuah also requested that the court restrain the committee of inquiry established by the President from proceeding with the probe into the petitions filed against the Chief Justice.

In the suit, the lawmaker argued that the petition against the Chief Justice, her subsequent suspension, and the formation of a committee to investigate the matter were “a farce and the product of a preconceived orchestration to unconstitutionally remove the Chief Justice from office.”

The application, filed on Thursday, April 24, 2025, requested that the Supreme Court issue an order restraining any further action related to the Chief Justice’s removal under Article 146 until the court hears and delivers its final ruling on an already pending matter regarding the issue.

A five-member panel of the apex court, chaired by the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, dismissed the petition filed by Vincent Ekow Assafuah in a 3:2 majority decision.

The justices who voted to dismiss the application were Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Justice Yonny Kulendi, and Justice Amadu Omoro Tanko.

The dissenting judges were Justice Ernest Gyaewu and Justice Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu.

The chairman of the panel announced that the full judgment would be released on May 21, 2025.

JKB/MA

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